The broken village : coffee, migration, and globalization in Honduras /

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Author / Creator:Reichman, Daniel R. (Daniel Ross), 1976- author.
Imprint:Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11120175
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ISBN:9780801450129
0801450128
9780801477294
0801477298
9780801463082
0801463084
9780801463075
0801463076
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index.
English.
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Summary:In The Broken Village, Daniel R. Reichman tells the story of a remote village in Honduras that transformed almost overnight from a sleepy coffee-growing community to a hotbed of undocumented migration to and from the United States. The small village -- called here by the pseudonym La Quebrada -- was once home to a thriving coffee economy. Recently, it has become dependent on migrants working in distant places like Long Island and South Dakota, who live in ways that most Honduran townspeople struggle to comprehend or explain. Reichman explores how the new "migration economy" has upended cultural ideas of success and failure, family dynamics, and local politics. - Back cover.
Other form:Print version: The broken village Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2011 9780801450129 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard no.:10.7591/9780801463075